Council of Ministers (Northern Cyprus)

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The Council of Ministers (Turkish: Bakanlar Kurulu) is the executive branch of the government of the unrecognized state Northern Cyprus, consisting of ministers. The council is chaired by the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus and the ministers head executive departments of the government. The President of Northern Cyprus reserved the right to chair the Council of Ministers, albeit without voting. The maximum number of ministries, as defined by the constitution, is ten.[1]

The Council of Ministers is appointed by the Prime Minister, and the program of the government needs to be read out in the Assembly of the Republic within a week of the appointment. The cabinet then needs to receive a vote of confidence by the majority of the members of the Assembly. A vote of no confidence can be initiated after three months has elapsed, by nine members of the Assembly.[1]

Cabinet

The current council, Erhürman cabinet, which replaced the Özgürgün cabinet is appointed on 2 February 2018 by the president, Mustafa Akıncı. The cabinet consists of 10 ministers formed by a coalition of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), People's Party (HP), Communal Democracy Party (TDP) and Democratic Party (DP), which is a first in the history of TRNC cabinets. CTP got 4, HP got 3, TDP got 2 and DP got 2 ministers in the cabinet.[2]

TitleNamePeriod Party
Prime MinisterTufan Erhürman2 February 2018– CTP
Minister of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesErkut Şahali2 February 2018– CTP
Minister of HealthFiliz Besim2 February 2018– CTP
Minister of Economy and EnergyÖzdil Nami2 February 2018– CTP
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign AffairsKudret Özersay2 February 2018– HP
Minister of InteriorAyşegül Baybars2 February 2018– HP
Minister of Public Works and TransportTolga Atakan2 February 2018– HP
Minister of FinanceSerdar Denktaş2 February 2018– DP
Minister of Tourism and EnvironmentFikri Ataoğlu2 February 2018– DP
Minister of National Education and CultureCemal Özyiğit2 February 2018– TDP
Minister of Labour and Social SecurityZeki Çeler2 February 2018– TDP

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Anayasası" (in Turkish). Northern Cyprus Law Courts. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Yeni Bakanlar Kurulu Onaylandı" (in Turkish). Havadis. Retrieved 2 February 2018.


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